Ezenwa Onyewuchi, senator representing Imo east and a member of the Labour Party (LP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio read Onyewuchi’s defection letter on the red chamber floor.
Hope Uzodimma, Imo governor and chair of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), was in the chamber when the letter was read.
“This decision is due to the intractable division and crisis in the Labour Party that sponsored the earlier election into the Nigerian Senate,” his letter reads.“The communication is therefore made pursuant to Section 68(1g) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
“Imo state and the entirety of the south-east remain united under the leadership of our performing governor, his excellency, Hope Uzodimma.” Akpabio then gave the sergeant-at-arms instructions to assign Onyewuchi a new seat across from the majority of MPs. There are now five LP senators in the house of representatives.
